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Map of Scapa Flow and the Orkney Islands To face xx
H.M.S. "Cyclops" at Long Hope 1
St. John's Head, Hoy 5
Drifter Net-Boom Defence at Houton 7
Sunken Ships between St. Margaret's Hope and Burray 7
The Grand Fleet Base at Long Hope, 1916, looking towards Weddel Sound 9
Closer View of the Base Ships at Long Hope 9
H.M.S. "Imperieuse" at Long Hope 11
H.M.S. "Victorious" at Scapa Flow 12
R.F.A. "Ruthenia" 13
Torpedo Sub-DepÔt Ship "Sokoto" lying in the Inner Hope 14
The Brough of Birsay, off which H.M.S. "Hampshire" was lost on 6th June, 1916 14
Driving off from the First Hole on Flotta 15
Children's Race at Long Hope Sports 16
Watching the Sports 16
A Boxing Match on Flotta 17
A Ship's Garden at Crockness 18
U.S.S. "New York" leading the 6th Battle Squadron into Scapa after crossing the Atlantic 19
Harvest Festival 20
The "Green Room" of a Battleship; Officers making up for a Show 21
German Battleship "Kaiser" entering the Boom at Scapa Flow for Internment at Dawn on 26th November, 1918 23
The German Ships interned at Scapa 23
German Battle Cruiser "Derfflinger" Four Minutes before finally Sinking, 2.45 p.m., 21st June, 1919 24
Vice-Admiral Sir R. J. Prendergast making his Farewell Address on H.M.S. "Victorious," 15th February, 1920 25
Good-bye to Scapa! 26
View looking South from Houton Bay 29
Wideford Hill and the "Peerie Sea" 32
Loading Stores at Scapa Pier 32
Kirkwall Harbour from the Cathedral Tower 33
Albert Street, Kirkwall 34
St. Magnus Cathedral from the Earl's Palace 35
Old Houses in Kirkwall 36
Stromness from the Sea 37
Houton Bay Air Station 38
The Clestron Barrier, Stromness 39
The Standing Stones of Stennis 40
The Ring of Brodgar 40
The Tumulus of Maeshowe 41
German Battleship "Bayern" sinking by the Stern, 2 p.m., 21st June, 1919 112
The Final Plunge of the "Bayern" 113
German Destroyers sinking or beached off the Island of Fara 114
German Sailors taking to the Boats 115
British Boarding Party alongside sinking German Destroyer 116
General View showing German Destroyers sinking on the Right and Battleships in the Distance, at 3.30 p.m., 21st June, 1919 117
German Battle Cruiser "Hindenburg" as she now rests at Scapa 118
Whaler "Ramna" stranded on German Battle Cruiser "Moltke" 23rd June, 1919, taken just before "Ramna" refloated 119
German Cruiser "Nurnberg" immediately after being refloated at 2 p.m. on 3rd July, 1919 120
Salvage Operations on Battleship "Baden" and Cruiser "Frankfurt" beached at Smoogroo 121
Salvage Work on the "Baden" 122
Pumping out the "Frankfurt" 123
Cruiser "Bremse," which capsized whilst being beached 124
Battle Cruiser "Seydlitz," lying on her Starboard Side in Shallow Water 124
Hoisting the Union Jack on a sinking German Destroyer 125
On the "Seydlitz" 125
"Baden" being towed South to Invergordon 125
Salving German Destroyer "G 102" 126
Salvage Party working on a German Destroyer 127
View showing Salved ex-German Cruisers and Destroyers at Long Hope, October, 1919 128
The Salved German Cruisers "Nurnberg" and "Emden" in Long Hope Bay 129
View Looking Aft from After-Control Top of "Frankfurt" 130
View Looking Forward from the Same Position 130
Expansion Ring Marking on 6-Inch Gun "Nurnberg" 131
A Humorous Effort on the Part of One of Our Sailors 131
The Propeller Blade of the "Seydlitz" 131
Range-Finder and Searchlight Platform, "Nurnberg" 132
88-Mm. Guns, "Nurnberg" 132
6-Inch Gun on "Nurnberg" After-Turret 133
5·9-Inch After-Breech, "Nurnberg" 133
Searchlight Control Platform, "Frankfurt" 133
10·5-Cm. Gun on a German Destroyer 134
Torpedo Tubes on a Destroyer 135
Engine-Room Control Board, "Emden" 136
Lower Conning Tower, "Emden" 137
German Destroyer being towed South to Rosyth, March, 1920 138
Blowing up the Minefields 140
Closer View of Mine Explosion

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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